The Ninth Wave is perhaps the most impressive and well-known 1850 painting by Russian marinist Ivan Aivazovsky.
It depicts a sea after a night storm and people facing death attempting to save themselves by clinging to debris from a wrecked ship.
The painting has warm tones in which the sea appears to be not so menacing and giving a chance for the people to survive.
This painting is often called "the most beautiful painting in Russia".
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